The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, announced on 05 December 2019 in the Capitol that she is instructing the House Judiciary Committee to proceed with articles of impeachment against US President Donald J. Trump…

Palestinians attend a ceremony for the fifth annual Red-Carpet Human Rights Film Festival in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 04 December 2018. EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED SABER     Gaza, December 5 (efe-epa).- The Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival has kicked off…

A villager steers his boat on the way to Pantai Bahagia village in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Dec.3, 2019 (issued on Dec.5, 2019). EFE-EPA/MAST IRHAM   Jakarta, December 5 (efe-epa).- Pantai Bahagia in Indonesia has been slowly disappearing…

London/Kabul, December 5 (IANS) NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said he believed that a "political negotiated solution" was needed in Afghanistan, while reaffirming the bloc's support for Afghan security forces with training, assist and…

An NYPD cop stands guard during the 87th annual tree lighting ceremony at the Rockefeller Center in New York City, USA, 4 December 2019. EFE-EPA/JASON SZENES   New York, December 5 (IANS) Christmas arrived in New York with the lighting of the world…

Hong Kong, December 5 (IANS) Dozens of bottles containing dangerous chemicals, including highly corrosive acids, were discovered on Thursday at a park here, prompting Hong Kong police to investigate if the substances had been stored there by anti-…

US President Donald Trump (L) and Canada's Prime minister Justin Trudeau (R) during NATO Summit in London, Britain, 04 December 2019. EFE/EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET   Watford, United Kingdom, December 4 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump said he would be…

US President Donald J. Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival for a NATO Summit, at Stansted Airport in London, Britain, 02 December 2019. EFE/EPA/ANDY RAIN   Miami, USA, December 4 (efe-epa).- Around 55 percent of Americans disapprove…

The indigenous leader of the Yanomami tribe, Davi Kopenawa, better known as the Dalai Lama of the Amazon, in an intervention in London in 2009. EFE/FILE   Stockholm, December 4 (efe-epa).- Davi Kopenawa, a shaman and Brazilian indigenous leader…

Villagers walk next to a fallen tree in Naga city, Camarines Sur province, Philippines, Dec.3, 2019. EFE-EPA/JONNEL MARIBOJOC   Manila, December 4 (efe-epa).- At least 11 people have been killed in the Philippines while hundreds of thousands were…

Flames rise from a tile manufacturing unit after an explosion in an industrial zone, north Khartoum, Sudan, 03 December 2019. EPA-EFE/MARWAN ALI     Khartoum, December 3 (EFE).- At least 23 people died and 130 others were injured in an explosion…

Attendants work at a laptop during the COP25 Climate Summit in Madrid, Spain, 03 December 2019. EPA-EFE/CHEMA MOYA     MADRID, DECEMBER 3 (EFE-EPA):  With the COP25 climate summit underway, the number of falsehoods, manipulations and prejudices…

MADRID, DECEMBER 3 (EFE-EPA):  Students in China and Singapore have outperformed their counterparts from other countries as global educational performance has remained sluggish over the last 10 years, despite a 15-percent increase in spending on…

Madrid, December 3 (IANS) Climate risks to health were growing but countries lack funding to safeguard human health from climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. In a report released at the ongoing UN climate change…

A village clears a collapsed roof off debris in the aftermath of Typhoon Kammuri, in Legazpi city, Philippines, 03 December 2019. EFE/EPA/ZALRIAN SAYAT   Manila, December 3 (efe-epa).- At least four people have been reportedly killed after…